The Solar Scam Behind Jonathan Budd's Latest Venture

Jonathan Budd has done it again. The serial entrepreneur behind two failed MLM schemes is now promoting Powur, a shadowy referral network hawking SolarCity installations—and once again, the red flags are everywhere.

Budd, who claims the title of "Founder and CEO at Powur PBC," is no stranger to spectacular business collapses. In 2013, he co-founded Rippln, a mobile app recruitment scheme that promised to "shift billions in wealth" before imploding in early 2014. Before that, he pushed SMS Dailys as a "mentor." His 2014 follow-up, MyStand, disappeared so quietly that its website now sits gathering digital dust under a "under construction" banner.

Now he's back with Powur, and his sales pitch is getting bolder. In a September 2020 Facebook post, Budd claimed he'd been working underground for 22 months on something bigger than billion dollars—literally "TRILLIONS." He promised to reveal details "in just a few days." Those details never materialized.

The Powur website tells you nothing about who actually runs the operation. Click through the landing page and you hit a wall: an "invite code" prompt. This is a referral-only, private network. You don't get in without knowing someone already inside. The sole marketing video features Budd himself, offering no transparency about company ownership or structure.

The product is solar installations through SolarCity, the San Mateo-based energy services provider that designs, finances, and installs residential solar systems. According to Powur's marketing material, SolarCity operates across 20 states plus Washington, D.C., covering roughly 70 percent of the U.S. population. The company employed over 9,000 people as of 2014.

But here's where Powur's pitch gets slick: they claim to partner with SolarCity co-founder Elon Musk to roll out technology that will "shift billions in wealth to the new #Grid Builders." It's the kind of name-dropping designed to make people throw money at the opportunity without asking hard questions.

The actual cost of a SolarCity installation varies wildly depending on property size, location, and energy needs. Powur won't quote you a price—that's handled individually. What they will tell you is that you can make money by recruiting others into the network.

That's the MLM mechanics at play. You're not really selling solar panels. You're selling recruitment slots to people hoping to make commissions off their downlines.

Budd's history suggests this won't end well. Rippln promised revolutionary mobile app integration and wealth redistribution. It delivered hype and nothing else. MyStand vanished without explanation. Now Powur is asking people to trust Budd with their money and their time, banking on his claims of TRILLIONS waiting to be claimed.

The pattern is unmistakable. A charismatic founder. Vague promises of revolutionary wealth. A network that requires personal connections to even access. A product that's real enough (SolarCity installations actually exist) but secondary to the recruitment mechanism.

Powur isn't selling solar power. It's selling the same old MLM dream with a green energy wrapper. And Budd is counting on people not remembering what happened the last two times he tried this.

🤖 Quick Answer

Who is Jonathan Budd and what is his business history?

What business model does Powur operate under?
Powur operates as a referral network that promotes SolarCity solar power installations. The company utilizes a recruitment-based sales structure where participants earn commissions through referrals rather than direct product sales.

What concerns have been raised about Powur's structure?
Critics have identified characteristics associated with multilevel marketing schemes, including emphasis on recruitment networks, referral-based compensation models, and connections to Jonathan Budd's previous failed ventures that displayed

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